Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Vertiskos Mt, Polydentri - Kolchiko Area, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece


mindat Locality ID: 275831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vertiskos Mt, Polydentri - Kolchiko Area, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tourmalinite Outcrops

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Fe H K O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCorundumMicaNonePyriteQuartzRutileTitaniteZircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16416327770
Graphite  (*)NoneC1641632812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31641635433
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216416317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216416339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216416361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21641635614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1641634899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1641635251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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